597 notable events from 2012. Page 2 of 6.
- Trial of Anders Behring Breivik
Apr 16, 2012–Jun 22, 2012 · Norway
- 2012 Oikos University shooting
Apr 2, 2012 · United States
- UTair Flight 120
Apr 2, 2012 · Russian Federation
- 2012 Shirouma-dake mass mountaineering accident
May 5, 2012 · Japan
- Baylor University sexual assault scandal
Jan 1, 2012 · United States
- Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012
Mar 2, 2012–Mar 3, 2012 · United States
- 2012 Quebec student protests
Feb 13, 2012–Sep 7, 2012 · Canada
- JetBlue Flight 191
Mar 27, 2012 · United States
- New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak
Sep 21, 2012 · United States
- Bhoja Air Flight 213
Apr 20, 2012 · Pakistan
- September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion
Sep 14, 2012 · Afghanistan
- Steven Zelich
Jan 1, 2012–Jan 1, 2013 · —
- Killing of Dad Mohammad
May 1, 2012 · Afghanistan
- 2012 Nuevo León Learjet 25 crash
Dec 9, 2012 · Mexico
- 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes
Apr 11, 2012 · Indonesia
- Aaron Schaffhausen
Jul 10, 2012 · —
- 2012 Burgas bus bombing
Jul 18, 2012 · Bulgaria
- Johnny Avalos
Jan 1, 2012–Jan 1, 2015 · —
- Killing of Rekia Boyd
Mar 21, 2012 · United States
- Scarborough Shoal standoff
Apr 8, 2012 · Philippines
- Richmond Hill explosion
Nov 10, 2012 · United States
- Gemma Barker case
2012 · United Kingdom
- 2012–2013 Egyptian protests
Nov 22, 2012–Jul 3, 2013 · Egypt
- Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
from Nov 11, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Murder of Maria Baumer
2012 · Germany
- Killing of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams
Nov 29, 2012 · United States
- Heglig Crisis
Mar 26, 2012–Sep 26, 2012 · South Sudan
- Battle of Damascus (2012)
Jul 15, 2012–Aug 4, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Islamic State insurgency in Tunisia
from 2012 · Tunisia
- 2012 Assam violence
Jul 20, 2012–Sep 15, 2012 · India
- Kameoka runaway accident
Apr 23, 2012 · Japan
- 2012 Dharmapuri violence
Nov 7, 2012 · India
- Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554
Jun 29, 2012 · China
- 2012 attacks on Israeli diplomats
Feb 13, 2012 · Georgia
- Juan Carlos Villa
Jan 1, 2012–Jan 1, 2023 · Colombia
- Fredy Armando Valencia
Jan 1, 2012–Jan 1, 2014 · Colombia
- Ito City dried fish store murder-robbery case
Dec 18, 2012 · Japan
- Agni Air Flight CHT
May 14, 2012 · Nepal
- Chenpeng Village Primary School stabbing
Dec 14, 2012 · China
- Lukace Kendle
Jun 1, 2012 · —
- Apodaca prison riot
Feb 19, 2012 · Mexico
- Murder of Nancy Harris
May 25, 2012 · United States
- Siege of Eastern Ghouta
Aug 4, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- 2012 anti-Japanese demonstrations in China
Aug 2012 · China
- Clackamas Town Center shooting
Dec 11, 2012 · United States
- Hurricane Isaac (2012)
Aug 21, 2012–Sep 3, 2012 · Cuba
- Killing of Darren Rainey
Jun 23, 2012 · —
- Murder of Generro Sanchez
Dec 5, 2012 · United States
- Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2012–13)
from Nov 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Murder of Mollie Olgin
Jun 22, 2012 · United States
- 2012 Hotel Prince Fire in Fukuyama
May 13, 2012 · Japan
- Murder of Nicola Furlong
May 24, 2012 · Japan
- 2012 Costa Rica earthquake
from Sep 5, 2012 · Costa Rica
- Radiohead stage collapse
Jun 16, 2012 · Canada
- 2012 Jefferson County, Texas Courthouse shooting
Mar 14, 2012 · United States
- Tsushima Buddha statue theft incident
Oct 8, 2012 · South Korea
- 2012 Seattle café shootings
May 30, 2012 · United States
- Kyoto Gion light van runaway accident
Apr 12, 2012 · Japan
- 2012 Rakhine State riots
Jun 8, 2012 · Bangladesh
- Danzig Street shooting
Jul 16, 2012 · Canada
- Waldo Canyon Fire
Jun 23, 2012–Jul 10, 2012 · United States
- Murders of Ming Qu and Ying Wu
Apr 11, 2012 · United States
- Aluu Four lynching
Oct 5, 2012 · Nigeria
- Emperador case
Jan 1, 2012 · Spain
- Kidnapping of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman
Oct 2012–Oct 2017 · Afghanistan
- Timeline of the investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack
2012 · Libya
- 2012 Empire State Building shooting
Aug 24, 2012 · United States
- Guma Aguiar
Jun 19, 2012 · United States
- 2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres
2012 · Mexico
- 2012 Kurashiki undersea tunnel collapse
Feb 7, 2012 · Japan
- 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire
Nov 24, 2012 · Bangladesh
- Azad Maidan riots
Aug 11, 2012 · India
- Hiroshima Prison Chinese inmate escape
Jan 11, 2012 · Japan
- 2012 Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera incident
Aug 29, 2012 · Morocco
- Sendai Tokushukai Hospital parking lot murder and body abandonment incident
Apr 24, 2012 · Japan
- Kohistan honour killing
May 29, 2012 · Pakistan
- Darayya massacre
Aug 25, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Sita Air Flight 601
Sep 28, 2012 · Nepal
- 2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown
Jun 22, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Impeachment of Fernando Lugo
Jun 21, 2012 · Paraguay
- 2012 Czech Republic methanol poisonings
Sep 1, 2012 · Czechia
- Atala Riffo and Daughters v. Chile
Feb 24, 2012 · Chile
- Murders of María José Reyes and Juan Duarte
Jul 1, 2012 · Chile
- Dieppe high school gang affair
Mar 26, 2012 · France
- 2012 Karavan mall shooting
Sep 26, 2012 · Ukraine
- 2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash
Dec 25, 2012 · Kazakhstan
- 2012 Wicksburg nightclub shooting
Aug 9, 2012 · United States
- 2012 Homs offensive
Apr 14, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Murder of Ghazala Javed
Jun 18, 2012 · Pakistan
- Aizumisato Town couple murder case
Jul 26, 2012 · Japan
- Killing of Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie
May 25, 2012 · United States
- 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests
Feb 22, 2012 · Afghanistan
- 2012–2013 Iraqi protests
Dec 21, 2012 · Iraq
- Hyvinkää shooting
May 26, 2012 · Finland
- Stratfor email leak
from Feb 27, 2012 · —
- Siege of Menagh Air Base
Aug 2, 2012–Aug 6, 2013 · Syrian Arab Republic
- 2012 Webster shooting
Dec 24, 2012 · United States
- Chaambi Operations
Dec 1, 2012–2019 · Tunisia
- 2012 Indian Premier League spot-fixing case
2012 · —
- Horden shooting
Jan 1, 2012 · United Kingdom